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Gentle Discipline

Correct your son, and he will give you comfort; He will also delight your soul.
~ Proverbs 29:17

"Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me."~ Matthew 25:40

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in
the discipline and instruction of the Lord.~ Ephesians 6:4

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not
lose heart.~ Colossians 3:21

Gentle discipline is neither permissive or punitive. Children need active guidance and
well-established boundaries, but children can learn without punishment. We believe that fear and
purposely-inflicted pain have no place in gentle, loving, Biblical discipline, and
children should be discipled from birth with an appropriate mixture of kindness and firmness
in a manner that respects their feelings and their developmental, emotional, and daily needs.

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Arms of Love Family Fellowship - Read articles by author of Biblical Parenting, Crystal Lutton. In her articles she explains what Grace-Based Discipline is, shares helpful discipline tools, explains the history of spanking, and more. Crystal is also an admin
on the GCM message board and helps to moderate, among other forums, the Gentle Discipline forum. Be sure to check out her website and the GD forum.

This book has helped us really sort out alot of problems in our lives. . . . I really think most of my discipline issues were because other issues needing some straightening up first. . . it's a great book. ~ OjaiMommie

For those with truly hard to understand and discipline children I recommend "Living with the Active-Alert Child" by Linda S. Budd, PhD. Although some of her tools tend towards the punitive many of the things you see us discuss here [in the Gentle Discipline forum] were adapted from her ideas. ~ ArmsOfLove

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"Joseph: King of Dreams" is a fantastic family movie that teaches not only a Biblical story but many Biblical principles. There are many issues of particular interest for the Gentle Christian Family. We see what can happen when parents show favoritism with a new baby in the home without including and validating older siblings; we have a beautiful example of how the rod is best used to defend the sheep from the attacking predator (and not used *on* the sheep as many would have us believe); and Joseph surrenders his life to the Lord's leading accompanied by a beautiful song that admits the truth, "Lord, You know better than I." Family members of all ages will enjoy this cartoon movie from the makers of "Moses: Prince of Egypt."